An authentic Emarati manuscript. A very rare manuscript described in the colophon as being copied in the 'Al-Wasl' area in the western provinces of Oman, likely referring to the Al-Wasl area in modern day Dubai.

The text contains the second part of a book on Sunni Hadith and is described in the colophon as being copied by Sa'id ibn Said al-Maliki. The informal nature of the scripture very much indicates that the copying of the text would have been for personal use, and likely by an important figure in the local population of Al-Wasl in the early 19th century. No other examples of manuscripts by this scribe have been traced.

Single volume, decorated manuscript on paper, in Arabic, complete, 40 leaves plus 2 later endleaves, 178 x 120 mm; single column, 19 lines informal black naskh, some important sections copied in red, catch-words throughout, a decorated head-piece opening the text with decorations in red and yellow, encompassing a text-panel containing a 'Bismillah' opening to the text, text panels ruled in black, some very slight finger-soiling overall clean and attractive condition, housed in later cloth over pasteboards, rebacked in modern leather with endpapers inserted.